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wifes birthday is coming up and I want to get her a new one.I bought the last one for her but that was years ago and it's getting tired.Looking input on what to get and not get.
Thanks

I do. Get one with lots of storage.

If she uses any map programs, including Google or Apple maps, get one with a real GPS. The cheaper ones use cell tower pings for location and they're less than accurate. The real GPS will locate you within a few yards.
A couple years ago, I got a 9th Gen from Costco. I didn't know that there were 2 levels, with and without the GPS, and got the wrong one. Costco gave me a full refund once I'd returned it to factory new settings. The higher level with GPS cost about $200 more but was well worth it for OnX and other maps.
I got 128gb of storage. I can load many maps, photos, etc on it without worrying about storage. Ipads don't have an SD slot so you get what storage you buy and nothing else.

Hi bh444,

I was going to buy one a few months ago, but I opted for the Lenovo IdeaPad instead, and am I ever happy that I did.

I can run my business from anywhere in the world with a Hotspot, it is synced to my home office and I can run every application that I run on my Desktop. If your wife is using it a lot, you may want to consider looking into one as an alternative to the iPad. Mine has a 15" screen and weighs 3lbs. 5 oz.

To save money on the purchase I bought one with Windows 10 at 1/2 the price of a Windows 11, then switched the OS to Windows 11, for free.

KB

Well a 64 gig Wi-Fi only goes for about 250 on Amazon. Same with Wi-Fi/cell runs ~489.00 then jump to the pro 128 gig and ~750-800. Or go whole hog 2T with Wi-Fi and Cell for a paltry 1999.00.
Only advice is if you want portability and GPS get the cellular, if not a concern just WiFi and 64 gig will do everything she needs.

Wife has one, mostly to play games on, so upgraded her original one recently to a newer used one. She loves it

Love my iPad Pro and use it for everything. Haven’t used my laptop in years after switching to the iPad. I think she would love it.

Whether 64 gig is enough depends totally on what she put on it. If she likes photos and music, she'll need more space. Videos eat a lot space, too. I've seen videos that use about 1 gig per hour of video.
I said earlier that I use OnX on mine. Storing downloaded maps eats space. OnX recently did an upgrade that greatly reduces the size of downloaded maps which really helps on phones with less storage.

That's triple the weight of an Ipad. She might not like that.

IPad 10 with 256 Gb of storage, and the Smart cover with keyboard. She's got the lightning connector stuff, so you're covered there. iPads don't accept microSD cards for increased storage, so get the max available. If she's out of WiFi range a lot, getting one with a SIM card will allow her to use cell signals.
RB

I have one, works great

I agree 100% with RuperBear.

There are a ton of options for external storage now for IPads/iPhones . Sandisk and others make external hard drives and thumb drives that you can store your photos , contacts, files, etc. you just download their app and plug it in so needing a huge amount of storage isn't as important as it used to be.

I recommend getting an IPad Pro for the larger screen and also get one with a cell/data plan..... at home you can run it on wifi but it makes it nice when traveling, etc. to have its own service vs. using a hotspot. And finally....Androids suck.... their security issues and problems with spam n chit are waaaaaaay worse than the IOS operating system. With IOS you just download an Adbloker app and go to town.

You are wrong.... there are a million different thumb drives and external drives that use the lightning connector either direct or through an adapter that you can use to increase storage.

Ohhh contrare but they do. 10 bucks for the adapter on Amazon. So going big on the internal isn’t necessary. As stated earlier 64 gig is plenty for most uses.

https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/external-storage-devices-ipad75b7b23f/ipados

Connect a USB drive or an SD card reader

Attach the USB drive or SD card reader to the charging port on your iPad using a compatible connector or adapter.

Depending on your iPad model and external device, you may need the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter, Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, USB-C to SD Card Camera Reader, or Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader (all sold separately).

With iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) or iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), you can connect multiple USB drives and other Thunderbolt devices to each other, then connect the chain of devices to the charging port on your iPad.

Note: A USB drive must have only a single data partition, and it must be formatted as FAT, FAT32, exFAT (FAT64), or APFS. To change the formatting of a USB drive, use a Mac or PC.

I have two ipads. The older is an original that I just use for a book reader. The other is a much newer iPad Pro, the 9.7" screen and 256 MB storage. Mine has the ability to take a SIM card and connect to the internet. I have not used that feature, just use the house internet. It's far more capable than I really need. Most of the time I use my laptop PC, but I keep the iPad around all the time.

What will your wife be using the i pad for.

If you and her have an i phone you can set up your i phone as a hot spot for the i pad. That will reduce the initial cost.

We have 2 i pads that we purchased last year one for my wife that does not have cellular and the one for me with cellular.

My wife wanted a smaller one so she has the 8 inch and i have the 10 inch i pad. Both with additional memory.

Again my wife wanted one in the rose color and i did not really care, and was able to pick up the silver model.

If you have the options to look at the new i pads that gives you a better idea of what you want. We added keyboards and my wife wanted a pencil with hers.

I should have been clearer. I was referring to internal storage. It is a true pita to be traveling and find that information you needed is on a geek stick that is at home.
RB